Covid restrictions push up demand for mobile data, home WiFi

Mumbai: Families in home quarantine due to Covid-19, increased dependency on social media to stay connected and indefinite work from home have pushed demand for mobile phone data and fibre-to-home (FTTH), popularly known as home Wi-Fi.

“There has been a sharp increase in demand in FTTH by consumers as work from home is declared in most companies and families now depend on the internet more than ever,” said Rajesh Chharia, president of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of India.